Dish-drainer.



PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905. M. H. SILK. DISHDRAINER. APPLICATION FILED123.27. 1905.,

Witnesses Attorneys MARK H. SILK, OF BAR HARBOR, MAINE.

DISH-DRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed February 27, 1905- Serial No.

To all whom it 7711/47 concern.-

Be it known thatI, MARK H. SILK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bar Harbor, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine,have invented a new and useful Dish-Drainer, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to dish-drainers for removable arrangement in asink or similar locality, and has for its obiect to provide asimply-constructed device of this character in which the dishes may beplaced and protected from nicking or other deterioration during theprocess of draining.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be readily adjusted to fit any size of sink or like structure.

IVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capableof carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved device in its adjustable form. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionof the construction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thedevice in its simpler form.

The improved device comprises an inclosing frame of relatively yieldablematerial, such as soft .wood or similar material, (represented as awhole at 10,) and with a bottom of spaced transversely-disposed wiremembers 11, three of the side walls of the frame being preferablyinclined outwardly and the remaining wall vertical, as represented inFigs. 2 and 3.

Means are provided, such as laterally-extending clips 12, for bearingupon the upper rim 13 of the sink (indicated at 14) to support the openwire bottom above the bottom of the sink to provide means for the escapeof the drainage water.

By forming the frame member of soft wood or like material the dishesWill not be liable to be nicked or otherwise deteriorated by coming incontact therewith, as they would if the sides were of metal or otherhard material.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the device is shown arranged for adjustment to enableit to be fitted to sinks of various sizes, the frame being in twoportions, one portion with longitudinal recesses 15 16 in its side wallsand the other portion with longitudinal tongues 17 18 for engaging saidrecesses, and thus enabling the side walls to interlap for increasing ordecreasing the length of the frame, as Will be obvious. One of the frameportions is provided with open longitudinal slots 19 20 opposite therecesses 15 16 and formed with dovetailed sides, while the other'frameportion is provided with longitudinal dovetailed ribs 21 22 upon itstongues 18 19 and adapted to engage the dovetailed slots 19 20. By thismeans the: two frame-sections may be adjusted to any desired extentwithin the range of the recesses and tongues and slots and ribs. Thespaced wire bottom portion is also in two parts and overlapping as theframe portions are adjusted. Extending from one of the frame portions isa pin 23, and the other frame portion is provided with a resilient strip24, having spaced apertures 25 for consecutive engagement with the pin,and thus lock the frame at any required distance apart, so that whenremoved from the sink they will not collapse or be abnormally distended.By this means after the parts are once'adjusted for a certain size ofsink they will retain that position and will not require readjustmentevery time the device is replaced on the sink.

Having thus described is claimed is 1. A dish-drainer comprising aninclosing frame in two portions with interlapping sides and withoverlapping bottom sections formed of spaced Wire members, and means forsupporting said frame within a sink with the Wire bottom sections spacedfrom the bottom of the sink.

2. A dish-drainer comprising an inclosing frame in two portions withinterlapping sides and with overlapping bottom sections formed of spacedwire members, a pin extending laterally from one of said frame portionsand a resilient member connected to the other of said frame portions andprovided with spaced apertures for consecutive engagement with said pm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARK H. SILK.

the invention, what l/Vitnesses:

JOHN HOPKINS, MARK 0. MORRISON.

